If anyone can solve the problem for him, it’s Muller Wolfhart. The Dr fixed him up after an injury this winter and you’ve seen the results so far. That said, the agent will be under tremendous pressure to minimize the injury so as not to affect box office sales until the very last minute.
There are quite a few examples of athletes competing on a world class level with hernias and then having surgery during the off-season. Tim Lobinger pole vaulted on a bilateral hernia throughout the 2007 season (SB of 5.83), for example, and if there is any athletics event that is demanding on your abdominal and groin region it’s the pole vault.
BTW: Lobinger described this injury as migraine in his pants, which hints at the annoying rather than debilitating nature of this condition.
Let’s wait and see what Gay doesn in London before drawing any conclusions.
I think his presence or lack of it will tell us a lot about how serious it is.
This type of injury can hinder someone depening on the injury area. But I do agree with you, let see what he does in london.
I hope he gets through this. I saw him at the NYC grand prix and hes a really good guy. Wish him all the best… He got his work cut out for him that’s for sure.
Possibly, but he might opt out of any 200s to concentrate on the 100m in Berlin, and, after that, he could decide whether to run the 200m there.
That would be my advice as I think the 100m is his best shot.
Another option might be to use his problem with corners to try to force his way into the 100m in London, which would then force Bolt to either run him when he’s not expecting him (and may have done more work than optimal for this race in prep for Berlin, expecting either a walkover or a loss only to a countryman as in 2008.) or to shift to the 200m and look bad in the process after claiming he’ll run anyone etc. (We already know that’s not true cause he dictated that Gay could not run in Toronto).
Why do you think he said no to racing Gay in toronto?
Cause he’s expected to win and he would only sign to run when he’s not fully ready if he knew it wouldn’t come back to bite him in the ass.
Happens all the time.
Tyson went to the Dr in Munich right after Rome (i can openly tell it because it was mentioned in the press).
This was posted on TFN today by gh, who is one of their reporters and forum moderators. I forget his name, but those are his initials. I believe pretty much everything he reports.
I saw Tyson Gay on the street last night, walking from his hotel door to a taxi… errr, except it didn’t look to me like he was zackly walking. Walking with pain was more like it. Definitely seemed to have a hitch in his getalong. On the other hand, maybe he always walks something like that, and I’ve never stopped to pay attention. But my uninformed take would be that all is not well in Tysonland.
I saw him walk in May and he walked a little bit funy… do not worry! 
Tyson spends a lot of time shaking his leg with his hand at the same point, and his start was not good in heats and quarters. Hope he gets back to default mode by tomorrow.
Yeah his starts were really poor and it looked like he had to expend to much energy trying to catch up.
I have also noticed that when he walks around the track he has a huge sway from side to side, but that just may be the way he walks.
People have commented in the past he looks like a nervous guy but when it comes time to race he performs like the 2007 world champs, lets hope he does the same.
Tyson is out of 200m! His groin is bad… 
USATF is confirming that Tyson is out of the 200 on their Twitter account
That’s too bad. Remember my question about him running a 200 in London. i thought it was a very bad idea. Might actually have cost him a bit in the 100, though doubtfull if it could have made a place difference, but, for sure when you have a issue that will be aggrivated by as turn, stay away till after the 100 and then you can decide what to do from there. It would still leave him deciding what to do because the 200 would cost vs the relay.
Why some athletes do these stupid things? Coaches? Managers? Themselves? Money?..
It’s easy to see mistakes in hindsight.
Yes, you are right! 
Berlin, Germany - Defending World champion Tyson Gay will not compete in the 200m at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics and instead will focus on preparing for a possible appearance in Team USA’s 4x100m relay.
Competing all season with an injured groin, Gay ran an American record 9.71 seconds in Sunday night’s final of the men’s 100 meters to win the silver medal. The effort took enough of a toll on Gay that he decided resting would better serve the interests of Team USA and himself.
“Rather than risk further injury, I’ve decided that I will not compete in tomorrow’s first round of the 200m,” Gay said Monday night. “I would like to be a part of Team USA’s 4x100m and believe this decision will give me the best chance to be ready for the relay. I want to help our relay as best I can.”
Team USA will determine its first-round relay lineup after the men’s 200m final on August 20. The first round of the relay is on Friday, August 21, with the final on Saturday, August 22.
For more information on Team USA at the World Championships, visit www.usatf.org
He probably felt a strong sense of commitment to his contract there and let wishful thinking get the better of him. This is often the case with these top athletes and that’s why the coach/manager may have to step in.